Erasmus Mundus Call for Proposals 2012 EACEA 42/11

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The Erasmus Mundus Programme

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Erasmus Mundus aims

• Promote European higher education

• Improve and enhance students’ career

prospects

• Promote intercultural understanding through

cooperation with third countries

• Contribute to the sustainable development of

third countries in the field of higher education

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Erasmus Mundus: three actions

Action 1 Joint Masters and Doctoral Programmes • implemented by EU

and non-EU HEIs • full-study

scholarships for students; grants for visiting scholars

Action 2 Partnerships • EU and non-EU

HEIs • scholarships for

short-term or degree-seeking student mobility at a range of levels,

and for staff

Action 3 Promotional projects • raise profile of

European higher education

• tackle challenges of international higher education

cooperation

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Action 1 Joint Programmes

An EM Masters Course or Joint Doctorate…

• is developed and delivered by a consortium of

HEIs (with study in at least two HEIs)

• must involve at least three European HEIs and

may involve non-EU HEIs

• awards full-study scholarships + scholar grants

• provides a joint degree/multiple degrees

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Action 2 Partnerships

• Partnerships between HEIs from EU + non-EU

HEIs from a specific region

• Emphasise co-operation, transfer of know-how

• Scholarships of varying length (3m to 3 yr)

• Bachelor, master, doctorate, post-doctorate

students + HE staff (training, teaching,

research)

• Two-way mobility for academic disciplines

offered by HEIs in the partnership

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Action 3 promotional projects

• Support transnational initiatives, events,

studies, and other projects that:

– promote European higher education

– tackle issues of international higher

education cooperation:

• in specific geographical areas

• in particular academic disciplines

• relating to higher education management

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Benefits for HE institutions

• Establish lasting links between institutions

• Improve quality of teaching and students

• Put in place mechanisms to facilitate mobility

and degree recognition

• Increase university visibility, attractiveness

worldwide

• Enhance reputation through involvement in

excellence programmes

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Benefits for individuals

• Participate in high-level masters/doctoral courses

• Receive double/multiple/joint degree from consortium

of excellent universities

• Acquire in-depth knowledge of Europe + European HE

• Improve linguistic skills, intercultural experience

• Improve employability of students through recognition

of qualifications and study periods abroad

• Academic exchange of knowledge, ideas, contacts

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Annual Calls for Proposals (projects)

One Call, three actions

• 2012 Call launched December 2011

• Deadline for proposals: 30 April 2012

• Targets:

– Up to 38 EMMCs and 10 EMJDs

– 53 Action 2 Partnerships

– 6 Action 3 Projects

• Selection to be completed July 2012

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Call for Proposals 2012

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Key documents for the Call:

1 - Erasmus Mundus Programme Guide

• For project beneficiaries and scholarship grantees

• Programme objectives, activities, eligibility

criteria, conditions for support

• Valid for 2009-2013 period

• For use with individual Calls for Proposals

documents, Guidelines for Applicants (Action 2)

and Application Form instructions

• Latest edition December 2011 (valid for 2012 Call)

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Three key documents:

2 - Call for Proposals in Official Journal

• Brief programme description

• Targets and/or budget per

Action

• Summary of award criteria

• Priorities under Action 3

• Submission deadlines

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Three key documents:

3 - Erasmus Mundus Guidelines (Action 2)

• Lists geographical lots

• Budget per lot minimum mobility flows

• Thematic priorities (disciplines)

• Specific criteria for partners/partnerships

• Types of mobility funded and duration

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Call for Proposals on the web

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/funding/2012/call_eacea_42_11_en.php

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Information and guidance page http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/funding/2012/

call_eacea_42_11_informations_guidance_en.php

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• FAQs on Call

• Presentations

• List of

infodays

• Note on

future calls

Assessment by external experts

• Selected by Agency after Call for expression of interest – http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/about/call_experts/

call_experts_2007_en.php

• Two individual assessments are consolidated. If significant divergence, a third assessment

• Expertise in international HE cooperation – plus thematic expertise for Actions 1 & 3;

– geographical expertise for Action 2

• Summary sheets (Action 1) help pre-select experts in correct fields

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Erasmus Mundus selection process

Action 1 Action 2 Action 3

EACEA: Eligibility and selection criteria

National Structures:

Eligibility EU HEIs

Recognition degrees

EU Delegations:

Eligibility 3C HEIs

Relevance regional priorities

External experts: Assessment of proposals

Selection Board

Evaluation Committee

Selection Decision

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Call for Proposals 2012:

Applying to Action 1

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EM Call 2012 – Action 1 targets

Action 1 Call targets

– EMMCs: 15 new Masters & up to 23 renewals

– EMJDs: 10 new Doctorates

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EMMC award criteria

• A1: Academic quality – course content (30%)

• A2: Course integration (25%)

• A3: Course mngmt, visibility and sustainability (20%)

• A4: Students’ services and facilities (15%)

• A5: Quality assurance and evaluation (10%)

Published on the website with specific questions to

help applicants formulate their answers

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EMJD award criteria

• Academic and research quality (25%)

• Partnership experience and composition (25%)

• European integration and functioning of the

programme (20%)

• Provisions for candidates awarded an EMJD

fellowship (15%)

• Management, sustainability and quality assurance

(15%)

Published on the website with specific questions to help

applicants formulate their answers

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Students and doctoral candidate

• EMMC students – Student agreement covering rights and obligations of consortium

and student

• EMJD candidates – Employment contract as guarantee of adequate social security

provision

– Contract obligatory unless prevented for legal reasons

– Follow principles of European Charter for Researchers and Code

of Conduct for the recruitment of Researchers

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Erasmus Mundus Joint Programmes:

the eForm

The eForm

(a fill-in pdf)

• Part A: Identification of the applicant and other partners

• Part B: Organisation and activities

• Part C: Summary data and description of the project

• Part D: Technical Capacity

• Part E: Degree-awarding summary

Award criteria responses

(.doc)

Declaration on honour

(signed & scanned)

Upload

Upload

Other annexes Not for additional information.

Only to provide evidence

Upload

! Maximum total size (eForm + annexes): 5MB

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Erasmus Mundus Joint Programmes:

submission

• eForm must be submitted in the on-line system by 12:00 (midday) CET on 30 April 2012

• No paper copies are required

• No e-mail copy to EACEA

• E-mail electronic version of eForm and annexes to National Structures

• No summary sheet required on 31 March

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Call for Proposals 2012:

Applying to Action 2

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EM Call 2012 – Action 2 targets

Action 2: Strand 1 (countries covered by

ENPI, DCI, EDF, IPA)

• 15 Lots for 52 partnerships

• Total budget EUR 170.6 million

• Mobility for over 6,200 individuals

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EM Call 2012 – Action 2

Action 2: Strand 2 (Industrialised Countries Instrument)

• 1 Lot for Australia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand

• 1 project to be funded

• Budget EUR 1.2 million

• Mobility for at least 25 individuals

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South Africa

4.8M, 105 sch

ACP

6M, 200 sch

Action 2: Regions / countries

Budget (EUR) and minimum number of scholarships

W. Balkans

12M, 510 sch Central Asian

Republics

10 M, 320 sch

ENPI DCI EDF IPA

Asia Regional

20 M, 800 sch

Middle East

3.2M, 110 sch

India

12M, 400 sch

Latin America

19.9M, 600 sch

AUS, NZ,

JPN, KOR

EUR 1.2 m

25 sch

ICI

S. Med,

E.Europe & Russia

81.5M, 3150 sch

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South Africa

1 lot, 3p

ACP

1 lot, 2 p

Action 2: Lots and number of partnerships

W. Balkans

1 lot, 3 p Central Asian

Republics

1 lot, 4 p

ENPI DCI EDF IPA

Asia Regional

2 lots, 8 p

Middle East

1 lot, 1 p

India

1 lot, 4 p

Latin America

2 lots, 6 p

AUS, NZ,

JPN, KOR

EUR 1.2 m

1p

ICI

S. Med,

E.Europe & Russia

5 lots, 21 p

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Composition of a Partnership:

-1 Coordinator (EU)

+ 1 Co-coordinator (suitable) from Third

countries concerned by the lot

+ min. 5 EU HI from at least 3 EU

different countries

+ HI from the third countries concerned

by the lot

-> Total= max 20 partners

+ Associates

Duration of a A2 Project: max 48 months

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Students from Third countries and EU

(See table on page 57 of the PG):

-Targets I, II, III

- Different thematic fields

- Different type of mobility with different duration:

Undergraduate, Master, Doctoral, Post- Doctoral,

Academic Staff

-Tgt 1 MUST represent at least 50% of the mobility

-Third country students and staff need to represent

at least 70%

- EU students and staff cannot exceed 30%

Action 2 award criteria: Strand 1

1: Relevance (25%)

2: Quality (65% total)

– 2.1. Partnership composition and cooperation

mechanisms (20%)

– 2.2. Organisation & implementation of

mobility (25%)

– 2.3. Student/staff facilities and follow-up

(20%)

3: Sustainability (10%)

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Action 2 award criteria: Strand 2

1: Relevance (25%)

2: Contribution to excellence (25%)

3: Quality (50% total)

– 3.1. Partnership composition and cooperation

mechanisms (15%)

– 3.2. Organisation & implementation of

mobility (20%)

– 3.3. Student/staff facilities and follow-up

(15%)

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Action 2: Application form

• Part A - Identification of applicant and other

organisations

• Official name and address(es)

• Structure, aims and activities of the organisation

• Part B - Description of the project

• Title, partners and brief description of the proposal

• Grant amount requested

• Type and number of individual mobility

• Thematic fields covered

• Part C - Technical capacity of applicant consortium

• List of related projects/activities

• Part D - Declaration on Honour

• signed by the legal representative of the applicant organisation

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Action 2: Application form annexes

• Annex 1: Responses on award criteria, timetable for implementation

• Annex 2: Budget (Excel sheet)

• Annex 3: Partnership statement signed by all partners

• Annex 4: Project summary sheet for publication on EACEA website

• Annex 5: Bank account form

• Annex 6: Legal Entity form

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Action 2: Submitting the application form

To be submitted to EACEA:

• On paper in triplicate – original with original signature plus two copies (date of postmark counts)

• By e-mail (by 30 April 2012, 23.59)

Call for Proposals 2012:

Applying to Action 3

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Action 3 promotional projects

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EM Call 2012 – Action 3

• Budget EUR 1.5 million

• Target: 6 projects

• Indicative project size: from EUR 100,000 to

350,000

• European co-financing to max 75%

• Project duration: 12 – 36 months

• Min. 3 European and 1 third-country partner

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Action 3 award criteria

1. Relevance to the EM programme (25%)

2. Expected impact to help enhance attractiveness of European HE worldwide (25%)

3. Arrangements for dissemination of results and experiences, quality assurance and plans for sustainability and long-term exploitation of results (15%)

4. Consortium composition and cooperation mechanisms (15%)

5. Work plan and budget (20%)

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Action 3: Application form

To be downloaded from the EACEA Website

• 3 paper copies to be posted to EACEA

(1 original + 2 copies):

• An electronic copy to be e-mailed:

EACEA-EM2-A3@ec.europa.eu

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Action 3 Application Form (parts A-D)

• Part A: Identification of applicant and partners

• Part B: Organisation and activities

Part A and B have to be filled in for the applicant and each partner

• Part C: Project Identification – C1: Project title

– C2: Priority area covered

– C3: Duration

– C4: Summary description of the project

– C5: Detailed project description

• Part D: Budget (see separate slide)

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Action 3: Application form

(parts E-M, annexes)

• Part E: Work Plan

• Part F: CVs of persons responsible in each partner

• Part G: Letters of endorsement, declarations on honour

• Part H: Legal status documentation

• Part I: Financial identification

• Part J: Privacy Statement & Information

• Part K: Checklist

• Part L: Declaration of honour by the legal representative of the applicant organisation

• Annex 1: Declaration of honour by each partner organisation

• Annex 2: Budget (excel file)

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Action 3: Application form: budget

• Indication of the total budget + the EU grant requested (max 75% of the total budget)

• Composition of the partnership contribution

• Staff costs

• Travel and Subsistence

• Equipment

• Subcontracting

• Conferences-Seminars:

• Organisation costs

• Travel and subsistence costs of participants and speakers

• Interpreters

• Speaker fees

• Other direct costs

• Indirect costs (max 7% of direct costs)

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EM Call 2012: What’s new in 2012?

• Action 2 for the Neighbourhood region:

– Increased budget

– Distribution of lots

• New Action 2 regional lot for Latin America

• New Action 2 national lot for India

• Joint coordination role possible for third-country partner in Action 2 partnerships

• No summary sheet required for Action 1

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http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/ erasmus_mundus/index_en.php

Programme Guide

Calls for Proposals

FAQs

Selected projects

Partner search 47

For students

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Questions on the Call?

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Erasmus Mundus mailbox: EACEA-Erasmus-Mundus@ec.europa.eu

Erasmus for All

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Youth in Action Programme

International

higher education programmes:

Erasmus Mundus, Tempus,

Alfa, Edulink, Bilateral Programmes

Grundtvig

Erasmus

Leonardo

Comenius

Lifelong

Learning

Programme

A single integrated programme Existing programmes

A Streamlined architecture

Erasmus for All

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Learning

Mobility

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Policy

Support

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Co-operation

projects

Specific activities:

• Jean Monnet

• Sport

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International Dimension

Objective (MMF Communication): incorporate all existing international programmes (Erasmus Mundus, Tempus, Alfa, and Edulink) to: (1) put an end to the current fragmentation; (2) enhance the global visibility and impact and (3) increase efficiency.

1. International opening of Erasmus: more mobility

of students and staff between EU – non EU in both

directions

2. Joint Master courses of high quality offered by

consortium of EU/non EU universities to attract the

very best students worldwide

3. Specific support with neighbourhood countries:

More cooperation between universities for capacity building and

more student and staff mobility, in line with development

objectives

4.Rest of the world: More cooperation between universities

in the EU and rest of the world for capacity building, in line with

development objectives